The most bitter UK industrial dispute of the last year is on the verge of being settled as the union representing 112,000 frontline Royal Mail workers agrees to recommend the terms of a peace deal. The company and Communication Workers Union (CWU) have been at each others’ throats for more than 11 months but agreed
CHICO — Paige Coley’s high school volleyball journey is best defined by one word — perseverance. After transferring to Pleasant Valley from Los Molinos as a sophomore, Coley had her sophomore season wiped out due to the pandemic and her junior season ravaged by teammates’ injuries. Then, in her senior season, she tore her ACL
Joe Biden is set to announce he will run for a second term as US president next week, according to US media. Mr Biden’s advisers are planning to launch his re-election campaign as soon as next Tuesday, three sources familiar with the plans have told Sky News’ US partner network NBC News. The 80-year-old president’s
Dominic Raab’s fate is in the hands of Rishi Sunak after a long-awaited investigation into bullying claims by his deputy concluded. A report on the findings, which is understood to be “very lengthy”, was handed to Number 10 on Thursday morning, with the prime minister said to be “carefully considering” its conclusions. Senior lawyer Adam
Two-term Mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan “passed peacefully this evening at his home in Brentwood, surrounded by his wife Elizabeth, family, friends and precious pet dogs,” according to a family statement released Wednesday night. He was 92. Los Angeles landmarks, including City Hall, will be lit tonight in the green, yellow and red colors
After major public figures like LeBron James and Stephen King refused to pay for blue checks, Elon Musk admitted on Thursday to footing their subscription bills — not that they asked. The Twitter CEO finally purged the unpaid “legacy” blue checks from the platform, a goal of his since taking control of the company in
Ed Sheeran has shared an emotional new single, “Boat,” along with a music video for the track. The song, off the singer’s forthcoming album Subtract, was written by the English seaside in winter and honestly reflects on depression, with Sheeran using a boat as a metaphor for attempting to keep the water at bay. The
Vivo Pad 2 has been launched in China in three colour variants and two RAM and storage configurations. The latest offering from the Chinese manufacturer is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC paired with up to 12GB of RAM. It sports a 12.1-inch LCD display with a 2.8K resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. It
In a story that repeats itself again and again, book bans are at an all time high. PEN America’s latest report, Banned In The USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools, released today, April 20, 2023, underscores the calls advocates and activists have been shouting over and over. There are more books being banned
Apr 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability A chain of two critical flaws has been disclosed in Alibaba Cloud’s ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL that could be exploited to breach tenant isolation protections and access sensitive data belonging to other customers. “The vulnerabilities potentially allowed unauthorized access to Alibaba Cloud customers’ PostgreSQL
Sixty #1 hits. Five Entertainer of the Year Awards. 33 platinum albums and 13 that went multi-platinum. Over 120 million records sold worldwide. The King of Country Music. There’s not much that isn’t on George Strait‘s impressive resume. But he’s not a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry is one of the most
Alec Baldwin has been vindicated in the “Rust” shooting case … at least criminally, because the New Mexico prosecutors will drop the involuntary manslaughter case against him … sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. We’re told Baldwin has been informed the case against him is over. Attorneys Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas were expected to
A privately owned company which sells airport transfers and travel insurance is exploring a stock market flotation that could help to breathe fresh life into the City’s moribund IPO pipeline. Sky News has learnt that Holiday Extras, which was founded in 1983 by Gerry Pack, is drawing up plans for a possible future listing. Travel
Dennis Mabasa talks to the volunteers before the April 15 Friends of the LA River clean-up began. Friends of the LA River held a clean-up on a trail alongside the Los Angeles River on Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Van Nuys. The event was part of the group’s 33rd annual event conducted on two dates,
All criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Rust movie have been dropped. Prosecutors in Santa Fe had been pressing forward with two involuntary manslaughter charges against the Hollywood star. A statement from Baldwin’s lawyers, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, said: “We are
A long-awaited report into bullying allegations against Dominic Raab has been handed to Number 10 – with the prime minister “carefully considering” its findings. Mr Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, has been subject to an independent investigation by senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC since November last year. Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said the
Twitter has begun a wide-scale process of removing the blue check marks from verified account holders, a large swath of the platform’s most high-profile users including journalists, celebrities and even Pope Francis. Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter last fall for $44 billion, had indicated April 20 would be the date when the long-planned revamp of
On the same day Elon Musk watched his SpaceX Starship explode just minutes after a historic launch, he could still claim one triumph: he has maybe, apparently, finally succeeded in removing the unpaid “legacy” blue checks on verified Twitter accounts. Musk began criticizing Twitter’s verification system — launched in 2009 after celebrities complained of unauthorized
Film, which premieres on Hulu next month, contains some choice trash talk Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls face off, talk trash, and bury their beef in the trailer for Hulu’s remake of White Men Can’t Jump. The movie premieres on the streaming service on May 19. Most of the best dunking in the clip, however,
Poco F5 may launch soon in India. The handset recently appeared on benchmarking website including Geekbench suggesting its possible specifications, which could include Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC, 8GB RAM, and Android 13 operating system. Most recently, Poco India Head, Himanshu Tandon has hinted at its arrival in India. Tandon on Twitter described the upcoming handset with five